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11-letter words containing a, c, o, i

  • branchiopod — any crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Branchiopoda, having flattened limblike appendages for swimming, feeding, and respiration. The group includes the water fleas
  • brecciation — the fragmentation of rock
  • bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
  • brochantite — a mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 4 (OH) 6 SO 4 , occurring in green fibrous masses and similar in physical properties to antlerite: formerly a major ore of copper.
  • bromic acid — a colourless unstable water-soluble liquid used as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: HBrO3
  • bromouracil — a brominated derivative of uracil with antimetabolite properties
  • buccinatory — relating to a trumpeter or trumpet playing
  • bucolically — of or relating to shepherds; pastoral.
  • cabin court — Older Use. a roadside motel having cabins.
  • cabinetwood — any wood suitable for use in cabinetwork.
  • cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality
  • cablevision — cable television.
  • cachinatory — Alternative form of cachinnatory.
  • cachinnator — One who laughs loudly and immoderately.
  • cacodemonic — relating to cacodemons
  • cacoepistic — Of or relating to mispronounced words.
  • cacogastric — relating to an upset stomach
  • cacogenesis — (medicine) A morbid, monstrous, or pathological growth or product; an abnormality in structure; a monstrosity.
  • cacographic — Displaying the properties of bad spelling or bad handwriting or both.
  • cacomistles — Plural form of cacomistle.
  • cacophonies — Plural form of cacophony.
  • caddis worm — the wormlike larva of the caddis fly that usually lives in fresh water in an elongated case made of twigs, grains of sand, etc. cemented together with silk that it secretes: commonly used as bait by anglers
  • cafetoriums — Plural form of cafetorium.
  • cainophobia — The fear of newness and/or of things that are new.
  • caird coast — a region of Antarctica: a part of Coats Land on the SE coast of the Weddell Sea; now included in the British Antarctic Territory (claim suspended under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959)
  • calamondins — Plural form of calamondin.
  • calathiform — cup-shaped; concave.
  • calcariform — shaped like a calcar
  • calceolaria — any tropical American scrophulariaceous plant of the genus Calceolaria: cultivated for its speckled slipper-shaped flowers
  • calciferous — forming or producing salts of calcium, esp calcium carbonate
  • calcigerous — containing lime or other salts
  • calcination — to convert into calx by heating or burning.
  • calcinatory — A vessel used in calcination.
  • calculation — A calculation is something that you think about and work out mathematically. Calculation is the process of working something out mathematically.
  • calefaction — the act of heating
  • calf roping — a timed rodeo event in which a mounted rider chases and lassos a calf, dismounts, and throws the calf to the ground, tying three of the animal's legs with a short length of rope.
  • calibration — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • calico bass — crappie
  • calico bush — mountain laurel
  • calico clam — any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Macrocallista, especially M. nimbosa, having a smooth, thick, rounded shell marked with violet-brown or lilac spots or streaks.
  • calico crab — a brightly speckled swimming crab, Ovalipes ocellatus, of sandy beaches along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
  • californian — of or relating to California or its inhabitants
  • californite — vesuvianite jade.
  • californium — a metallic transuranic element artificially produced from curium. Symbol: Cf; atomic no: 98; half-life of most stable isotope, 251Cf: 800 years (approx.)
  • call option — an option to buy a stated amount of securities at a specified price during a specified period
  • callipygous — having well-shaped buttocks.
  • calorically — in a caloric manner
  • calorimeter — an apparatus for measuring amounts of heat, esp to find specific heat capacities, calorific values, etc
  • calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
  • calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
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